NO. 20 



THE FARMERS CABINET. 



317 



RfimVY GRASS, 



Used as small salad. la efason tliroiifrliout 

 llie Winter am! Spring'. Sow in drills or 

 broad cast early in Autumn, and protect during 

 winter by a sprinkling of straw. 



SEA KALE. 



This vejjetable is in high repute in Eng- 

 land. It is forced into growth early ni the 

 Spring, blanched and used as asparagus. Plant 

 in hills about two Icet apart. 



SORKKL, 



French, — Used as salad. Sow middle of 

 Spring, in shallow drills, and thin the plants 

 to twelve inches apart. 



SPINACH, 



Bound Savoy-leaved, prickly seeded, — INIay 

 be grown either broad cast, or in drills. For 

 Spring and early Summer use, sow as early 

 as the ground can be tilled, and afterwards at 

 short intervals. For autumn supply, sow at 

 close of Summer. For Winter and early 

 Spring use, sow middle of Autumn. The 

 latter sowing will need a sprinkling of straw 

 or long manure, on the arrival of cold weather. 



Spinach is one of those vegetables for 

 which the ground cannot be too rich ; the 

 stronger it is, llie more succulent will be the 

 leaves. 



SQUASH, 



Early bush, long green crook-neck, cocoa- 

 nut, — Plant at same time with the early cu- 

 cumber and cultivate in like manner. The 

 fjush variety occupies but little room and is 

 best adapted to small gardens. 



TOMATO OR LOVE APPLE. 



Sow in hills three feet apart, on a warm 

 border, early in the Spring. For a later sup- 

 ply, sow a short time afterwards in a more 

 open situation. As the plants advance in 

 growth, support them by brush-wood. To 

 have the tomato very early, it is necessary to 

 start the plants in a hot-bed, or they may be 

 reared in a flower-pot in a window, and sub- 

 sequently transplanted. 



TURNEP, 



Early Dutch white flat, red topped, early 

 stone, large globe, yellow Swedish or ruta- 

 baga, white Swedish. — The best for family 

 use, and indeeil tor general culture, are the 

 two first named, which resemble each other 

 in all respects but color. 



For summer use, sow early in the Spring; 

 they are not, however, certain to succeed at 

 that season. For tho main crop, sow at close 

 of Summer, and protect during Winter in 

 mounds of earth. 



The ruta-baga or Swedish, requires more 

 time to mature, and slwuld be sown at mid- 



summer or earlier; it is more generally 

 grown for stock than tajjle use, but is excel- 

 lent late in Spring when other kinds have 

 become pithy. 



Stouc Walls. 



MANNER OF CONSTRICTING TIIEM. 



Of all the diflerent kinds of writings, none 

 are to me more illtL're^ting and instructing 

 liiiin those of travelers. 'J'iie nmimer in 

 which they relate the various incidents with 

 which they meet — the interest they take in 

 the arts, agriculture, and curiosities of a coun- 

 try, indicate with great accuracy the bent 

 of their minds. Thus in the travels of Prof. 

 Silliman, we see the philosopher, the geolo- 

 list — in those of Carter, the statesman, tiie 

 admirer of grtind and beautiful scenery — of 

 Prof. Humphrey, tho accurate observer of 

 men and things. Whde many men travel 

 over a country without imbibing a single new 

 idea, and can tell of nothing worthy of no- 

 lice, save of good things they may have eat- 

 en by the way ; others, as a Colman or an 

 Ulmus, will tell of the various improvement.s 

 in agriculture, state of the crops, beautiful 

 farms, orchards of rare fruit, &c. Farmers 

 usually remark upon the quality of the soil, 

 farm buildings, cattle, and whatsoever is new 

 in farm implements, or admirable in the til- 

 lage or crops of the country. 



During my excursions, which have ex- 

 tended but little farther than to mill and to 

 meeting, my attention has been particularly 

 directed to fences, the dilTerent materials of 

 which they were composed, and their com- 

 parative durability. I design, agreeably to 

 my caption, to make a short article on the 

 ditfcrent kinds of stone wall, and the manner 

 of building them. 



The best, of course, is a full height real 

 New England wall, but as we have no stone 

 for building such walls in Western New 

 York, it is needless to remark further upon 

 it. Half wall, built three feet high of stone, 

 and surmounted with posts and boards, rails 

 or poles, is becoming quite common ; but as 

 there is so great dissimilarity in the manner 

 of building it, it may be profitable to describe 

 some of the different ways, and remark upon 

 their relative advantages. 



The handsomest wall I ever saw was made 

 of cobble stone, three feet high, three feet 

 wide at bottom, one and a half at top — laid 

 in regular courses, the largest at bottom — 

 having strips of cedar running through the 

 wall every few feet to act as binders. Posts 

 sawed six inches square at bottom, tapering 

 to two by six at top, were inlaid once in 

 seven feet. To these were nailed two boards 

 six inches wide, with six inches of space be- 

 tween them. Wall made in this manner is 



